Ironing-board.



P. T. JOHNSON.

IRONING BOARD.

'APPLIOATION FILED MAY 8, 1914.

Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

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FRANCIS T. JOHNSQN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Man 23, 1915,.

Application filed May 8, 191%. Serial No. 837,104.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, FRANCIS T. JoHNsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ironing-Boards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in ironing boards and isillustrated in one form in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1is a side elevation Fig. 2 is a back plan view; Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. a is a similar section on anenlarged scale.

Like parts are indicated by like letters throughout the several figures.

A is a conventional form of ironing board larger at one end than at theother and rounded at one end.

A A are supporting legs therefor braced by the braces A B, B aresupporting clamps attached at their central portions tolthe ironingboard as indicated and projecting toward the outer edges of the board.The spring clamps which, as at B are centrally engaged with the bottomside of the board, have at either end portions B inclined to the body ofthe spring clamp 18, but arranged for substantial parallelism with thebottom of the board when in operating position.

B B are clamping blocks or bars adapted to engage the bottom of theboard A and to be held in position by the springs B resting upon theflat surfaces B The clamping bar B is provided with curved extension Badapted to underlie the smaller end of the board and be concentric withthe curved part thereof.

18 is a spring extension projecting across the rear end of the board andattached to and carried by the clamping bar B '0 is a cover clothadapted to overlie the board and extend around and under it and to beheld in position as indicated in Figs. 1 and 41- bv the clamping bars BB and extensions B, B

llt will be evident that while T have shown in my drawings an operativedevice, still many changes might be made both in size, shape andarrangement of parts without departing materially from the spirit of myinvention, and I wish, therefore, that my drawings be regarded as in asense diagrammatic.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: The cover cloth orsheet is spread over the board in the usual manner, being allowed tohang down around it on all sides. The clamping bar which has the curvedextension is then brought down to engage a portion of the sheet and isbrought up against the under side of the board and moved inwardly andrearwardly until it is engaged by the clamps, the sheet being thus heldfrictionally between the bar or spring extension and the board. Theother clamping bar is then brought into position in the same manneruntil it assumes the position shown in Fig. 2. By this means the sheetis held tight to the board at all points without mutilation of the sheetand it may be easily detached at will by merely withdrawing the clampbars from beneath the clamping springs.

I claim:

1. The combination of an ironing board and cover therefor of frictionalmeans for yieldingly holding the cover in fixed position upon the board,said means being ap plied to said cover and board beneath the board andimmediately inside the edge thereof, said means being substantiallycontinuous about the periphery of the board and comprising a pluralityof separate clamping bars and yielding means for compressing said barsagainst the board.

2. The combination of an ironing board and cover therefor of frictionalmeans for yieldingly holding the cover in fixed position upon the board,said means being applied to said cover and board beneath the board andimmediately inside the edge thereof, said means being substantiallycontinuous about the periphery of the board and comprising a pluralityof separate clamping bars and yielding means for compressing said barsagainst the board, said yielding means taking the form of spring clampsattached to the board which underlie the clamping boards.

8. The combination of an ironing board and cover therefor of movablemeans for yieldingly holding the cover in fixed position upon the board,said means being applied to said cover and board beneath the board andimmediately inside the edge thereone of said extensions being curved toCOllG- 10 of, said means being substantially continuspond with the endof the board.

0115 about the periphery of the board and In testimony whereof I afiixmy signacomprising a plurality of separate clamping ture in the presenceof two witnesses this bars and yielding means for compressing 5th day ofMay 1914.

said bars against the board, said-clamping I FRANCIS T. JOHNSON. barshaving yielding extensions each at one Witnesses:

end extending across the end of the board BESSIE S. RICE,

when the clamping members are in position, MINNIE SUNDFAR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by add essingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

